Where does Ashby Monk work?

Ashby Monk is at Social Impact Capital.

What check size does Ashby Monk write?

Ashby Monk typically writes checks of $100K – $2M.

Where did Ashby Monk go to school?

Ashby Monk studied at University of Oxford (PhD, Economic Geography); University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne (MA, International Economics); Princeton University (AB, Economics).

Ashby Monk

Investor

Investor at Social Impact Capital · Senior Research Engineer at Stanford University

Los Gatos, California

Writes $100K – $2M checks · typically $400K

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2,132 people in our graph share verified history with Ashby — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Deep NisharunlockedAshby: together at Stanford University (2015–2018)

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Ashby: together at Boston College

×4Ashby: together at University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Experience

Stanford Long-Term Investing (SLTI)Executive & Research Directorcurrent2021 — present
Stanford UniversitySenior Research Engineercurrent2014 — present
Stanford UniversityExecutive & Research Director, Global Projects Center2011 — 2021Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford UniversityResearch Engineer2011 — 2014
KDX Management LLCAssistant To The Traveling Secretarycurrent2023 — present
Town of Los GatosChair, Finance Commissioncurrent2026 — present
Town of Los GatosVice Chair, Finance Commission2025 — 2026
Town of Los GatosResident Member, Finance Commission2024 — 2025
AudacityFounding Advisor & Investorcurrent2025 — present
Shelton AICo-Foundercurrent2021 — present
FutureProof TechnologiesSenior Advisorcurrent2021 — present
FutureProof TechnologiesCo-Founder, Board Member2018 — 2021
Deception And Truth Analysis (D.A.T.A.), IncFounding Advisor, Board Membercurrent2021 — present
Net PurposeFounding Advisor, Board Membercurrent2019 — present
Alpha Vista Financial ServicesBoard Member2017 — 2026
AddeparSenior Advisor2023 — 2025
AddeparHead of Research2021 — 2023
Long GameCo-Founder2015 — 2022
Real Capital InnovationCo-Founder2017 — 2021
Aligned IntermediaryCo-Founder, Chairman2015 — 2019
University of OxfordPost Doc / Research Associate2008 — 2017
Boston CollegeResearch Fellow2008 — 2009
Oxford AnalyticaInternational Economy Editor2004 — 2005

Skills & more

Strategy39Research52Pension Funds17Economics67Venture Capital35Institutional Investors3Angel Investing2Institutional Investments30Emerging Markets62Private Equity35International Relations8Business Strategy21

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Financial ModelingEconometricsEquitiesValuationHedge FundsInvestment BankingCorporate FinanceFixed IncomeSWFDrawingInvestmentsBushcraft

Languages English · French

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashby Monk?: Investor at Social Impact Capital
Where does Ashby Monk work?: Ashby Monk is at Social Impact Capital.
What check size does Ashby Monk write?: Ashby Monk typically writes checks of $100K – $2M.
Where did Ashby Monk go to school?: Ashby Monk studied at University of Oxford (PhD, Economic Geography); University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne (MA, International Economics); Princeton University (AB, Economics).

Founder mafias

Stanford University mafia1,932

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University of Oxford mafia623

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University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne mafia30

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Thomas WolfLicence en droit - Law DegreeFounded Hugging Face Courtney MonkMaster of Arts - MAFounded Schoolytics +2 Alain AttiasDiplome des Hautes Etudes et Recherches Spécialisées en GestionFounded Bay Bridge Digital +1 Cody SimmonsN/AFounded Dermasensor +1 Guillaume BouvardMSFounded Extend Enterprises, Inc. +1 Olivier CarnohanDEUGFounded Singtel

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Addepar mafia26

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Joe LonsdaleFounder and ChairmanFounded Opto +5 Alexandr WangSoftware EngineerFounded Scale AI Scott WuSoftware EngineerFounded Cognition AI Kanishk ParasharSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Powder +1 Cliff CroslandSoftware EngineerFounded CoinZoom +1 Bobby YazdaniAdvisor to Founders & CEOFounded Addepar

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Social Impact Capital mafia4

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Jason ParagasVenture PartnerFounded DVLP Medicines Aaron HurstVenture PartnerFounded Imperative Rajashree 'Raji' BaskaranVenture PartnerFounded Project Karna

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford1,553

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage Gabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of Harvey Dominic JacquessonInvestor at Index Ventures Erin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures Jan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Thomas WolfCo-founder & Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face Julie YangVice President at Investcorp Pierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at Daphni Sauvanne Saint-LégerInvestor at Daphni Sophie de ChampsInvestor at Daphni Pria NarsimanGeneral Counsel at Greycroft

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Also attended Princeton University879

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Stanford Long-Term Investing (SLTI)1

Jonah ZahndGuild Member at Serac Ventures

Also worked at Stanford University1,044

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network School Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Andy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

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Also worked at University of Oxford197

Tess van StekelenburgPartner at Lux Capital Gordon RausserAdvisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture Partners Francesco MonacaInvestor at Giant Ventures Global Llp Denise XifaraInvestor at Mercuri.vc Lirui DingPrincipal at TRANSCEND Ana FernandezInvestment Associate at Nauta Capital

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Also worked at Oxford Analytica5

Claudio Martínez ToqueroInvestment Director at ASIF Ventures Andrew CarruthersCo-founder & Managing Partner at Novastar Ventures Rachel CarrellFounder at Koru Kids Rory BrownFounder at Airhive Chris OatesCEO and Founder at Legislata Legislative intelligence Founding Advisor